Nine【金山】

He wished he were a bird. After knowing that, the bird came to the hippo and tried to cheer
him up. She told the hippo that he was so lucky to be so big. More importantly, he was s__82___
a good swimmer. But the bird's words didn't work. The hippo was still unhappy. He was so eager
to be a good singer like the bird.

The hippo was greatly embarrassed by this. He decided to never again regret being a hippo.
He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back
up again, replant it, and look after it until it c___87___ recovered.
Ten【宝山】
The best known origami m__84____is probably the Japanese paper crane(纸鹤). The crane
is auspicious(吉祥的)in the Japanese culture. Legend (传说) says that anyone who folds one
thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has become a
symbol of peace because of this legend.
Eleven【闸北】
Charles Babbage: Father of the Computer
All his life, Baggage was interested in n____ . For example, he could find out how f____ a pig’s
heart beats or make a table to calculate how much wood a man could saw(锯) in 10 hours.
Making the machine
The Difference Machine was very big and difficult to make. It was made of two tons of steel
and gears(齿轮).While he was building this h____ machine, he had an idea for a new machine.

Twelve【黄浦】
A new term has begun. Teachers are worried about the fact that new students are not easy to
deal with. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is w_________, some
students even use cellphones to do out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some
other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that r_________? "Yes." says Delaney Kirk, a professor at
Drake University. But she adds it's not their fault.

At first, I got worried about this, but then I said to myself: You're giving lessons, and you
need to m_________ this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners.

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Write at least 60 words on the topic" My progress(以“进步了”为题,写一信不少
于 60 个 c 词的短文,标点符号不占格)
你在生活或导习中一定取得过不少进步,比如生活枝能的获得、学习方法的掌握、
良好习慣的养成。请选取其中一个方面,结合自身经历,谈一谈你是如何取得这一进
步的。
（注意:短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息,否则不予评分。)
The following is for reference only(以下表达仅供参考)

used to do/be…
try my best to do…
make progress in( doing)…

Write at least 60words on the topic"There's always hope"（以"常怀希望"为题，写一篇

不少于 60 个词的短文，标点符号不占格）
面临困惑的时候、经历变化的时候、感觉挫败的时候、遭遇逆境的时候…来自内心
的坚持、他人的帮助、社会的关爱和科技的发展等，总能让人常怀希望．请选取一
个方面谈谈你的理解（可结合自身或他人的经历）．
The following is for reference only （以下表达仅供参考）
•get out of difficulty
•give …a hand
•never lose hope．
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